Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

1982 · Movie · 2h 31m · R

DramaRomanceWar

"Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine."

Overview

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
68/100
Key crew
Cast
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Themes
new york cityconcentration campholocaust (shoah)world war iiwriterpoland1940s